The Knowledge team at Prostate Cancer UK is critical to developing the robust evidence base that underpins our work to drive improvements for men with or at risk of prostate cancer. The team is relied upon to identify, analyse, interpret and explain health data sources and statistical data from clinical trials. They ensure we have a detailed epidemiological understanding of the incidence and distribution of the disease, while providing comprehensive details about the implications of clinical research. Their activity feeds into major decisions about the specific improvements and changes that men need, the numbers of men that should benefit and where we target our resources to have most impact.

Where we have data gaps, the knowledge team commissions or undertakes research to fill those gaps, often publishing the findings to ensure clinical stakeholder adoption. The team’s expertise is also vital in measuring how close we are to achieving our ambitious ‘10 years to tame prostate cancer’ strategy, as well as projecting the population-based outcomes we’ll achieve.

The knowledge team has organisation-wide oversight of how Prostate Cancer UK uses evidence and is therefore integral to virtually all the charity’s activity.

The Knowledge Manager

You will lead and manage the Knowledge team so that the organisation’s strategic direction is set by a robust clinical and epidemiological evidence base that can also establish our policies, inform our communications and identify where we can have most impact. Integral to this is your ability to see the big picture and to use this to provide clinical and data analysis leadership to a small team and across the organisation. You will need to possess the gravitas to communicate evidence convincingly to a range of stakeholders and maintain our credibility as an evidence-led organisation. You will also need the skills to lead research projects and to advise others on sound research methodologies. You will have management experience, using your skills and knowledge to guide and set clear objectives for a team. You can also quickly build knowledge of a clinical pathway and guide your team to source evidence that can facilitate its improvement.

The underpinning skills and experience we want

Educated to postgraduate level in a health epidemiological, or other science or research discipline with proven statistical skills, as well as analytical skills across qualitative and quantitative data, including clinical data.

Extensive experience of using databases and analytical tools and the ability to draw specific conclusions from the data and present these in an easy to understand format, sometimes doing so quickly for use in media.

An understanding of how to use existing data to shape trajectories of how this data may shift over time.

Experience in the health sector, with knowledge of their data sources.

Strategic thinking, with the ability to balance a range of sometimes conflicting priorities and evidence to shape strategic decisions and policy positions.

The ability to use research and evidence to shape external change priorities, give credibility to communications and underpin policy and practice recommendations for change.

Experience of working flexibly as part of a team, with the ability to work cross-organisationally and as part of multi-discipline project teams.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance and season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

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Closing date: 21 April 2019.

Interview date: 2 May 2019.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 2653887

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